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Church, Inc.
The institutional church as a corporation
Not the church Jesus built, but the church as a business: tax-exempt, government-licensed and often dependent on state and corporate favour. The author’s view is that some churches have traded their voice for comfort. They bless the new system from the pulpit, stay silent on digital ID, money and health mandates, and push “one faith” ecumenism that fits a single world religion. Revelation warns of a system that buys and sells and wins the loyalty of the faithful. In this reading, a church that is more loyal to the system than to Christ becomes part of the beast system. Many faithful pastors and believers refuse this. This is opinion and faith commentary, not a claim about any one named church.
Key works & roles: 501(c)(3) status; ecumenical & interfaith alliances; Rev 13, 17–18